Recently a special two-part documentary series has been shown on Channel 5 called Ice Age: Apocalypse. One might wonder why this show might have any relevance to Middleton. Over the last few years, we have been researching the much wider history of Middleton and the Ice Age has managed to make repeated and often unexpected appearances. The oldest archaeological discovery at Middleton is a Palaeolithic Acheulian ovate hand axe, which is thought to date to over 200,000 years ag

The 13th to the 28th July 2025 is the Festival of British Archaeology and what better time than this to do a post on an archaeological find at Middleton Hall! In 1977, an Iron Age torc, known as the Middleton Torc, was found at Middleton Hall in the area adjacent to the Tudor Barn. It was found by fieldwalking. A torc was a large metal neck-ring that was open at the front and could be made as a single piece or from multiple metal strands twisted together. The Middleton Torc